The Hostage
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Russell Doughten |
| Screenplay | Robert Laning |
| Producers | Russell Doughten |
| Composers | Jaime Mendoza-Nava |
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| ID | 2391838 |
About The Hostage
Distracted by moving house, his parents don't notice young Davey Cleaver has climbed into departing the removals van. However, the van driver has proved himself to be a violent man and the Cleavers are misled by a gossipy neighbour.
Liat Beinin Atzili: US citizen among 16 Hamas hostages released
... The Hostage, Liat Beinin Atzili, was taken from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on 7 October...
For some Israeli hostage families, the painful wait goes on
... Dotted among the families at the hotel are a few like Avi s, with loved ones among The Hostages...
Israel's Palestinian prisoner release a 'window of hope' in West Bank
... It should also be taken as a sign, he said, that a permanent ceasefire was possible, despite Israel s insistence on resuming the war after The Hostage deal has run its course...
When this truce ends, the decisive next phase of war begins
... Under the terms of The Hostage release agreement, which came into effect on Friday, Israel should also allow 200 trucks of aid into Gaza each day, much more than in recent weeks...
How the Israel-Hamas hostage deal came together
... He sidestepped questions about whether The Hostage deal and the negotiations channel that brokered it offered a path towards ending the war...
Gaza war: US and UK raise pressure on Israel to protect hospitals
... Of The Hostage videos released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, none have shown a matching pattern in the background...
King's Speech: The quirks and crowns of the King's State Opening
... Former Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick recalled being The Hostage in the Palace...
Israel Gaza: Children must be off limits, says father of abducted kids
... How can you hate a child? " And what about The Hostage videos that have been released by Hamas? " It was not easy to watch, " Yoni replies...
How the Israel-Hamas hostage deal came together
By Barbara Plett UsherBBC State Department correspondent
In The Days immediately after the 7 October attack on Israel, A Secret cell was Set Up to work for the release of some 240 hostages captured by Hamas.
So began an " extremely excruciating five-week process" involving four countries, co-ordination between spy masters and High Stakes presidential calls, says a senior US administration official.
Israel and Hamas have now agreed that 50 Israeli women and children will be released over a four-day pause in the fighting, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners, also women and children.
As The Breakthrough deal was announced, the official described to journalists how it happened.
Qatar spearheaded the effort, He Said , approaching Israel and the US with a proposal to establish a cell that would work quietly and intensely on the issue. Doha acted as the main channel to Hamas, but Egypt was also part of The Complex negotiating arrangement.
The First breakthrough came on 23 October, when Hamas released two American women. That was the " pilot" project, said the administration official, which " proved the concept".
After that, efforts for a larger release began in earnest.
Israel delegated The Head of Mossad, David Barnea , as its negotiator and he regularly consulted the CIA chief Bill Burns on The Contours of a deal.
The Process was painfully protracted because messages had to be passed from Doha or Cairo to Hamas in Gaza And Then back out again. And The Talks were highly technical, painstakingly hammering out details on corridors, surveillance, timeframes and total numbers.
The administration official said President Joe Biden was " directly and personally" engaged, calling up the leaders of Israel and Qatar at critical times.
Mr Biden saw a hostage deal as the " only realistic path to secure a multi-day humanitarian pause in the fighting" said the official, because the Israelis made clear they would not stop their offensive for Anything Else .
That calculation is part of the agreement, which offers to extend the suspension of hostilities if Hamas releases more hostages.
" We also have confidence that…as We Are in the pause period, additional women and children will come out, " said the US official.
One of the sticking points was a failure by Hamas to clearly identify who would be in The Initial group of 50. It eventually produced The Information when President Biden called the Emir of Qatar and said This Was a Deal Breaker , said the official.
Just as they appeared to be closing in on an agreement in mid-November everything stalled, He Said , because communications with Hamas " went dark". He did not elaborate, but it was also around This Time that Gaza ran out of fuel.
The administration official said when communications were restored it still took time to Work Out gaps in the very detailed agreement because of Israel and America's high level of distrust with Hamas.
He sidestepped questions about whether The Hostage deal and the negotiations channel that brokered it offered a path towards ending The War .
But He Said when it came to the hostages, " what I just described for The Last five weeks is not going to stop. As we go through this initial phase, we're determined to get everybody home".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
